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Description and biology: Adult beetle 25-30 mm. long, 11-12 mm. broad; blue black, 

 with small points of metallic green. Practically entire life spent in plant. 



Distribution: Brazil. 

 BoNDAR, Gregorio: Os insectoa damninhos no Agricultura, 1913, p. 4. 



Batocera bolsduvali Hope. 



(Fig-tree borer. Family Cerambycidae; Coleoptera.) 



Hosts: Ficus macrophylla, F. australis. 



Injury: Bores in stems and branches of damaged and freshly fallen trees. 



Adult: A beautiful grayish-green beetle, about 2 inches long, with a row of white 

 marks on the elytra; very strong, heavy antennae; prothorax laterally armed with 

 very strong spine on each side. Pupa light brown. Larva about 3 inches long, very 

 robust, head black. 



Distribution: Queensland. 

 French, C. Handbook of Destructive Insects of Victoria, 1911, pt. 5, pp. 134-137 



pi. 126. 



Tsenlotes scalaris Fabricius. 



(Family Cerambycidae; Coleoptera.) 



Host: Cultivated fig {Ficus carica). 



Injury: Injury due to galleries made by larvae. 



Description and biology: Adult beetle 15-30 mm. in length; general color obscuret 

 nearly black, with spots and streaks of yellow; triangular spot between the eyes, 

 and behind the eyes is situated a half-moon-like spot. Practically entire life is spen, 

 in the plant. 



Distribution: Brazil. 



BoNDAR, Gregorio: Os insectos damninhos no Agricultiira, 1913, p. 9, figure. 



Heilipus bonelli Boheman. 

 (Brazil Fig Borer. CiircuUonidae; Coleoptera.) 



Host: Cultivated fig {Ficus carica). 



Injury: Larvae make galleries in trunks and branches of fig. Liable to be intro- 

 duced on plants or cuttings. 



Description and biology: Adult weevil 12 mm. long, with characteristic designs on 

 thorax and elytra, color light coffee brown, with symmetrical yellow spots. Larvse 

 and pupae white. Practically the whole Life cycle is spent in the tree. 



Distribution: Brazil. 



BoNDAR, Gregorio. Os insectos damninhos no Agricultura, 1913, p. 11. Figures 

 injury, larvae, pupa, and adult. 



Hylesinus porcatus Chapuis. 



(The Fig-Branch Borer. Scolytidae; Coleoptera.) 

 Host: Fig. 



Injury: Occasioned by tunneling of insect. Liable to be imported in cuttings or 

 plants. 



Description and biology: Adult beetle short, thickset, rounded, general color black, 

 varying to reddish brown in immature specimens; head and thorax slightly rugose 

 and Ughtly covered with fine hairs. Breeds in galleries in twigs, entering just above 

 a bud. (See plate xx.) 



Distribution: New South Wales. 

 Froggatt, W. W. Agric. Gaz. New South Wales, 1899, vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 268. 



